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sional call He stated that while he was
IN the act of filing the small can for de
livery to the janitor the storm door had
been partly opened, and a man whose
face he did not see, had told him that the
family had gone into the country and that
no milk was needed. Upon this, and
without making any inquiries, the milk
man had jumped on his box and driven
away. He added in reply to the inspectors
| questions, that he would not be able to
identify the man, for he had seen no more
of him than one arm and shoulder and
mad heard him speak barely dozen
words.
| The next witness to be admitted was
Daniel Kelly, the regular Waterman of
the bank This man was one of those
whom there was some reason to suspect
of completely in the crime, his position
rendering it possible for him to provide
the burglars with opportunities Tor APP
preaching the bank. His appearance,
| however, when he confronted the inspector,
was frank and honest, and his story was
straightforward. He stated that he had
gone on duty at eleven O'Clock on Satur-
| day night at which time everything about
the bank had been perfectly quiet and
| regular. No suspicious persons had come
| within view during his watch, and he had
exchanged words with no one except an
occasional policeman. He had spent the
| seven hours between eleven at night and
| six the next morning in pacing slowly
to and fro past the Blocker street and
Broadway sides of the bank building; he
| was never longer than couple of minutes
out of sight of either side he was positive
that he had not dozed for moment. At
| six o'clock the street being at that time
vacant, he had entered the second Bleeck-
err street door and gone up to Werkle's
| rooms to awaken him.
did you find the Blocker street door
locked when you went in ~ the inspector
| asked.
| Keely replied that he had. The lock
was a spring lock, and could only be open
ed with pass KEY. During the daytime
it was fastened back by catch. He bad
unlocked the door and had closed it after
him, when, of course, it relocked itself.
After awakening Werkle, he at once re-
turned down stairs, opened the door by
pushing back the spring, and went home
and to bed. He was positive that no one
could heve entered this part of the build
| ing while he was in it.
And yet" thought the inspector to
himself, 1.-The six men must have been in
Werkle's room before Keely got back to
the street Unless he is lying, Therefore,
they, must have spent the night
in the building. We must look into
That ~ After cross-eXamning keely
severely, without causing him to vary
from his story, he allowed him to go,
but gave directions that he should
be carefully watched until further
orders. He then sent an officer in plain
clothes to Investigate the upper floors of
the bank building and report upon any
traces of unauthorized occupation that he
might find there. The officer brought
back word that the two upper floors were
not rented, and that in room on one of
these he had come upon plain evidence
that several persons had spent the night
there, though the evidence was not of
character that could lead to an identified
ton of the persons. The inference was,
therefore, that the six burglars had made
their way into the upper part of the
building just before the door was locked
for the night, and had thus been able to
pounce upon Werkle the moment Kelly
had lett him. But neither this circum-
light gave promise of dispensing the OBJ
security which enveloped every feature of
this unparalleled crime.
The only remaining witness was one
Patrick SheTelin, brother-in-law of
keely and a supplementary Waterman at
the bank. His hours of duty were gener-
ally during the daytime on Sundays. He
was not so intelligent looking a man as
keely his aspect was of dull good ma
ture he answered all questions readily
and, so far as could be judged, ingenious
ly. There We're certainly fewer obvious
grounds of suspicion against him than
against keely and such information re-
gardlng his past career rs happened to be
! at hand showed nothing to his discredt.
Nevertheless, since no chance, however
remote, must be neglected, it was neces-
sary not only to examine Shevelin, but to
mold him on suspicion. His statement
that he knew nothing whatever about the
| affair was probably true but at the same
, time it was possibly false In his CONVEX
sation with this man the inspector, wheth-
er lnstlnctlvely or OF design adopted an
easier and more affable demeanor than
i W % nf hnr TO t,,lsz L.
| that the examination was more matter
of form than anything else. He allowed
him to tell his story in his own way, and
, even to ramble off occasionally into ir-
! relevant topics, and contented himself
! meanwhile with making keen, but I'M
| obtruslve study of his face, voice and eX-
! preston one would almost have said
f; that the inspector had invited Shevelin to
call on him merely for the pleasure of his
company.
| AT length he told the Waterman that he
| would detain him no longer and that he
was at liberty to go where he pleased.
| Sheve I'm babe the inspector good day, and
turned to go out but, as he did so, the
inspector, whose eyes were still fixed upon
| him, noticed a peculiar smile pass over his
face-a smile of complacent and demure
cunning. That smile gave the detective
the flrst CLEAN of encouragement he had
met with that day, and yet how very little
it amounted to
Left alone, Inspector Byrnes took uI
the handouts which had been removed
from Werkle's wrists and scrutinized
them thoughtfully. 1T will go hard" he
said to himself, IF some day don't put
these bracelets on the men they belong
to ~
CHAPTER V.
On the northwest corner of Bleeckel
street and Broadway, directly opposit,
the Manhattan Savings institution, Their,
hung, for several years, a weather heater
and faded tin sign, apprising whom i
might concern that John ID. Grady deal
in diamonds on the first floor of the build
ing. If, attracted by this announcement
you had mounted the stairs and opene,
5 the door marked with his name, yol
4 would have found yourself in rather nar
= row, oblong room, with counter running
lengthwise, and, at the further end,
e couple of large safes. There was no bril-
A liant display OF jewelry in the shop, whic
y. WAS QinQy and rather dark tho daala